The Pope of Hope
Pope Francis is my kind of pope, and I’m not Roman Catholic. The guy is humble in dress, behavior, toning down ceremonies, closeness to people, preaching, care for the poor, and emulation of Christ. His faith is, by all accounts and evidence, genuine and deep–and clashes with much of the Vatican’s opulence and power structure. Tweet
North Korea’s Goading Reminder
North Korea’s military buildup and bombastic threats of war have gone far beyond the usual bluster. This young Kim Jun-un seems capable of doing something really stupid. Tweet
The Eagle and the Sun
The Eagle and the Sun Our striving and God’s grace. The golden eagle circled the sky above the treetops and along a mountainside. Fog drifted lazily down the valley below him, obscuring any small, four legged meals that might be his. But his eyes were not fixed below him. He was looking up, and all he could see was a great, thick mass of clouds that blocked the sun. He had to see the sun. Climbing higher, he flew into a tuft of cloud, then a wisp and another tuft. But above him hung a gray mass. He caught…
Supreme Morality
The Supreme Court takes up gay marriage, along with a slew of other cases. Some kind of history will be made. We always hope that the truth wins over falsehood. But a deeper, more realistic, question is which truth or truths will prevail over others? We have traditional truths implicitly held by societies for centuries. We have constitutional truths. We have biblical truths. We have truths as special interest groups create them to fit their views of the world. Tweet
The Con Man Like the Rest of Us
The con man gets caught. Christopher Chichester… or Clark Rockefeller… or Christian Gerhartsreiter (his real name) has been conning and falsely impersonating his way through life. The supposed British aristocrat, Hollywood producer, whatever, is on trial for murder. The incident happened long before he married, not telling his wife who he was, and later kidnapping his daughter. This guy needs some direction. Yet if I step back from the whole circus of this man’s life, I wonder if he’s more similar to other people that we think. Tweet
